LIACS Thesis Repository
These webpages contain theses and reports by students affiliated with the various bachelor and master programmes offered at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
(LIACS),
the computer science and artificial intelligence department of Leiden University.
Note: this thesis repository might be incomplete for certain programmes and years.
Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
The following thesis was written by a student in the 2024-2025 class of the Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence programme at Leiden University.
Thesis details
| Title | The ‘Magic Word’ for LLMs: A Study on the Effect of Politeness on LLM Performance |
| Student | Lans, J.C.W. (Joris) |
| Programme | Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
| Year | 2024-2025 |
| Supervisors | Duijn, dr. M.J. (Max) van T. Kouwenhoven MSc (second supervisor) |
| Thesis | Open Thesis PDF |
Citation details
Lans, J.C.W. (Joris), The ‘Magic Word’ for LLMs: A Study on the Effect of Politeness on LLM Performance, Thesis Bachelor Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, LIACS, Leiden University, 2025.